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VOL. NO. 1. "5.3 17.
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T'S
TO BE PRESENTED
Conservation Congress
Will Hear Them.
BOVERNORS MAKE DECISION
Pacific and Rocky Mountain
States Get Recognition.
SIGHTS TO BE DEFENDED
Conference at Salt Lake City Out
line !- I res of Western People
to Pnscre Land for States
and Nation by Sane Method.
WES
DEMANDS
SALT LAKE CITY. Vtah. Auc 19.
Special. Resolving to take part In the
proceedings of the St. Paul Conservation
ronsjress and adnptlnK a platform of
principles directly opposed to tha Pln
rhot pollers, the conference of Rocky
Mountain and Pacific States Ooremora
cnnrliidfd Its labors shortly before noon
today.
This morning's meeting was an executive-
session and while a full report of
Us proceedings were not made public. It
Is known that the bureaucratic adminis
tration of the Forestry Service and the
(ills of Pinchotlsra received merited
criticism.
The conference went on record as fa
mrtna stste administration of natural re
sources, and It was quite evident from
the expressions of attending Governors
and representatives that. In their opin
ion. Western men are more capable of
carrying on the work of conservation
than the theorist of the East, whose
sole knowledge of the great empire west
of the Rockies Is obtained, they declare,
by reading the muck-raking articles of
Eastern macaslnes.
Declaration I Adopted.
The full text of the platform and dec
laration of principles, which was adopted
by an unanimous vole. Is aa follows:
' "Rsolved. that the Governors of the
Rorky MountJln and Pacific Coast
States affirm as a platform of principles
to be urged upon the National Conserva
tion Congress, to be held at St. Paul.
Minn.. September 6 to . 1910:
"First, that in legislatively solving the
problem of conservation the Natlonnl
Congress adhere to the doctrine of Abra
ham IJnc.Jn that the public lands are an
Impermanent National possession, held In
- trust for the maturing states. .
"Second, that state government, no less
beneficently than National Government
Is capable of devising and administering
laws for the conservation of public prop
erty: and that the National and state
governments should 4egislatlvely co-ordinate,
to the xnd that within a reason
able period of time the state govern
ments be conceded the full and complete
administration of such conservation laws
as may be found adaptable to the varying
needs of the several states.
Common Welfare Menaced.
"Third, that the experience of the con
pervattnn states demonstrates that dis
positions of public property made under
existing National conservation laws and
regulations have fended to Intrench mon
opolies and Interests menacing the com
mon welfare: and that modifications of
such laws and regulations should bo pro
moted by the conservation congress.
"Fourth, that the elimination from the
National forest reserves of all homestead
and urfmbered grazing lands Is Immed
iately expedient.
"Fifth, that the use and control of all
water power Inheres of right in the
states, within restriction. Insuring per
petual freedom from monopoly.
"Sixth, that the privilege of American-
cttlftens to seek and develop mineral
wealth wherever it may be found should
be fully amplified and secured by laws.
"Seventh, that the Idea of deriving
Federal revenue from the physical re
sources of the states la repugnant to that
adjustment of constitutional powers
whtcn guarantees the perpetuity of the
Vhton.
Participation Is Question.
The principal object of the conference
was to determine whether or not the
Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast States
should participate In the St. Paul Con
servation Congress.
Twe formal request of Governor Marlon
El Hay. of Washington, that these Kates
be represented on the programme at St.
Paul sii denied by oflk-laie) of the Con
servation Congress and this- plain and
positive manifestation of discourtesy and
unfairness prompted Washington's chief
executive to call the conference of Gov
ernors which adjourned today. Fearlag
that the conference of Governors might
refuse to sanction the appointment of
delegate to St. Paul, officers of the con
servation Congress became alarmed and
an extra day during which all Governors
or their representative will be given a
bearing was added to ti e programme.
A delegation of St. Paul business men
appeared before the assembled Governors
and their representatives last evening,
told of the change of programme and
promised the West fair treatment.
Resolution Is Adopted.
This promise led to the adoption of the
following resolution Introduced by Gov
ernor James H. Brad-, of Idaho, at this
morning's session:
"Whereas. TW conference of the Gov
lCeacla4d ea Pas l
PARKER, FAILING,
DENOUNCES COOK
MOIXT MKIMEY TOO DIFFI
CVLT FOIt ASCENT.
Photograph Displayed by Polar
taker Now Believed to Be Those
of Smaller Peak Nearby.
SEWAP.D. Alaskaug. 19. The Parker-Browne
Mount McKlnley expedition
passed through Seward today, sailing
on the steamship Portland for Seattle.
The party was unsuccessful In its ef
forts to scale the peak.' Members of
the expedition assert that they have
conclusive evidence that Dr. Cook did
not reach the summit.
Th members of the Parker-Browne
party corroborate the statements made
hv C- E. Rusk, who recently led an un
successful expedition, that the peak
climbed by Dr. Cook and used in nis
photographs aa Mount McKlnley is a
smaller peak, easy of access and 10
miles away from the real summit.
Professor Herschel Parker, who la
t th h..H of the expedition that Just
returned, took photographs of . the
,sr peak. He eaya tnese win pron
that Pr. Cook'a statement that he
climbed Mount McKlnley are not true.
Professor Parker places no credence
In the statement made by Tom Lloyd.
r F-sirhank. and his associates that
they climbed the mountain from the
Fairbanks side. .
Those in the party which returned
today are: Professor Hers:hcl Parker,
of Columbia University; Belmore
Browne, of Tacoma: Professor J. If.
runts, of Stevens Institute. Hoboken, N.
J.: Herman L. Tucker. of Newton,
Mass.: Waldemar Grassle, or Columbia
miverslty. and Merle Leroy. an Alas
kan packer.
PATTEN GUARDS HIS CASH
Card Sharks on Liner Disgusted.
He Works for University.
NEW YORK. Aug. 19. (Special.)
Among the passengers who arrived on
the Adrlatlo from Liverpool today was
James A. Patten, the man who en
gineered the biff bull movement In cot
ton last Winter and Spring.
A gang of half a doxen card playera
boarded the steamer with the purpose
of getting Patten Into a game and
plucking him. For the first three days
out from Liverpool the card sharks
hung around him like leeches. Then,
seeing that he was not to be caught,
turned their attention to other passen
gers, bnt the warning bad been sounded.
Mr. Fatten told reporters he wsa In
earnest about . retiring from business.
He said:
"I have made all the money I need
and I'm going to quit. But I'm not go
ing to loaf. I will have plenty to do.
Probably my 'most active efforts will
be spent in behalf of the Northwestern
University, of Evanston. Ill Just out
side of Chicago. I am one of the regents
of the institution and we have a big
Improvement plan under way. I am
deeply interested in It."
WEALTHY AUTOIST JAILED
Death of pirl. Struck by Speeders,
Brings Bluer Denunciation.
NEW YORK Aug. 19. The police took
Into custody today E. T. Rosenheimer,
son of a. wealthy needle manufacturer,
In connection with the death of Miss
Grace Hough, who was hurled from a
carriage which was struck by an auto
mobile going SO miles an hour.
Rosenheimer aald he waa in his ma
chine, but denied that it struck a car
riage. At the inquest into Miss Hough's
death, held later. Coroner Sehwanecke
denounced Rosenheimer as the most bru
tal and heartless Joyrider he ever had
before him. He declared it to be his
Intent to put the facts before .the Dis
trict Attorney.
Rosenhelmer's wife, who had been lis
tening to the proceeding, fainted when
the emergency Coroner sent her husband,
who waa held in $26,000 ball, back to a
cell.
BLOOD SHED IN SHAM FIGHT
Paraffins Bullet Seriously Wounds
Centralis Guardsman at Cosgrove.
COSGROVE. Wee- Aug. 19. (Special.)
Private Minches. Company M. Wash
ington National Guard, whose heme Is
at Centralis. Wash., was shot in the
pack with a paraffin- bullet Thl- morning
during a sham battle between the Idaho
and Washington militia. The bullet was
fired at a range of about 10 feet and tore
a hole In Minches' back as large as a
man's fist. After first aid remedies had
bven administered Minches waa hurried
to the field hospital and Is now resting
easilv Chances are good for his re
covery.
This Is the second accident during the
maneuvers- Last week a private In the
Montana National Guard M slightly
Injured by falling on a bayonet during
sham battle.
it Is rumored that the camp will break
up after the militia leave on August .
SCRAMBLE FOR PLATES ON
Hamilton Club Seek Larger Hall
for Ilewevelt Banquet.
CHICAGO. Aug. 1. Although Invita
tions to the Hamilton Club banquet to
Theodore Roosevelt, on September 8.
have beea out only 54 hoursnd plates
are quotad at $7.60 each. 400 reserva
tions were made today and the enter
tainment committee began figuring on
larger quarters for the event, as the
present quarters accommodate only $75
guests.
It was before the Hamilton Club that
the "strenuous life" was launched and
the lg stick" became a symbol of tha
Roosevelt policies.
BALL1NGER "COUP
TO
Plan Does Not Meet Ap
proval of Taft.
w.
"BAD POLITICS" CRITICISED
President. Repudiates" Bright
Idea of Private Secretary.
FALSE IMPRESSION GIVEN
Offer to Resign Once Made by Bal
linger, but Refused Cannon,
However, Is Not in Good
Books of Administration.
BT HARRY J. "BROWN.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. Aug. .19. Past suspicions that
Secretary Norton was instigator of a
plan to force Secretary Ballinger's re
tirement and eliminate Speaker Can
non from the present campaign are
confirmed by a correspondent at Bev
erly who Is close to Taft- This cor
respondent, in a dispatch to the Wash
ington Times, commenting on the sit
uation says:
"It Is conceded here now that plans
to oust Ballinger and kill Cannon
sounded plausible In print, but were
really far from practical."
" How far the President himself was
agreeable to the movement to get rid
of Bellinger cannot be determined, but
it Is certain that when the 4ssue was
made he refused to back up Secretary
Norton, who Is generally credited with
having fathered the scheme.
Offer to Resign Once Refused.
Inquiry among those familiar with
the situation has developed these facts
about Mr. Ballinger: A year ago, when
charges against him broke, he offered
to resign his portfolio.' The President
refused point blank to accept his resig
nation and assured Mr. Ballinger that
he would stick by him because of his
belief in Ballinger's innocence. Since
then the President and all the mem
bers of the Cabinet have more than
once assured the Secretary of the In
terior of their support.
Ballinger, therefore, has taken the
attitude that he will not resign unless
he is asked by Taft to do so. This
the President haa refused and still re
fuses. Cannon's Situation Different.
With Cannon the situation is different.-
Taft haa never been an ad
mirer of the Speaker. There Is no
doubt that Representative Long-worth
in issuing his statement of defiance
yesterday against Cannon had the con
sent and approval of the President,
and it can be said today that the Ad
ministration is no longer lined up with
Cannon. But the wisdom of attack
ing Cannon is now doubted by many
politicians, for it Is a foregone con
clusion under any circumstances that
the Speaker has only the slightest
chance of re-election to his po Ion.
In regard to Ballinger. the managers
t Concluded on Page 2.)
UUD
NORTON
1
REFUSAL OF. AID -TAKEN
TO COURT
SECRETARY KNOX- ACCUSED. OF
WITHHOLDING LETTER. '
American, Threatened With Impris
onment in Mexico, Asks Corrc- '
spondence Be Made Public.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. Application
for a writ of mandamus to compel Sec
retary Knox to submit State Depart
ment records concerning the case of
Dr. James E. Buckley, of Chicago, who
says he was refused help from the
American Embassy at Mexico City
when he was threatened with Imprison
ment, was filed here today In the Dis
trict Court.
Dr. Buckley alleges that James -G.,
Bailey, charge of the American Em
bassy last December. Ignored an ap
peal for aid. The doctor was In dan
ger of arrest on a charge of having ad
ministered cocaine, In defiance of Mex
ican law. to a patient suffering from
appendicitis. The patient said the use
of the drug was against his wish.
When he sought an explanation from
Mr. Bailey, the doctor says he was told
no attention was paid to such com
plaints' until the applicant for help
"was 'already in Jail."
Dr. Buckley says he had Senator
Jones, of Washington, write for an'ex
planation from the State Department.
The answer of the department to the
Senator included only a portion of the
letter of advice to the department from
Mr. Bailey and that portion Dr. Buck
ley characterizes as "slanderous and
scurrilous and a false defense." v
He asks that the entire correspond
ence be made public.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 84
degrees; minimum, 8tt deKrees.
TODAY'S Cloudy and occasionally threat
ening; much cooler: westerly winds.
Portland and Vicinity.
Council committee favors prohibition of
frame docks. Pase 1.
Sheridan merchant. Page
Brldcetenders believe auto traffic over
bridges should be regulated. Psr 7.
School Board orders work started on new
fireproof high school. Page 8.
Indlsna man, on coming West, changes
views on conservation. Page 8.
Portland ranks fourth among cities as to
Increase In bank clearings. Page 1.
Blx divorce cases heard. Page 6.
National.
Indians'-, attorney ha many contracts In
volving big retainers. Page 2.
Agricultural Department accused by Indiana
official of obstructing pure food prosecu
tions. Page 3.
Politics.
Assembly nominee for Joint Senator to be
chosen tonight. Page 10.
Negroes pledge support to Roosevelt for
third term, after speech. Page 3.
Works leads in popular rote for California
Srnatorshlp: Spalding carries most coun
ties. Page 2.
W. 8. U'Ren tries to force Issue on publica
tion of Jate declarations. Page 5.
Secretary Norton's scheme to oust Ballinger
regarded as bsd politics. Page 1. ,
Domestic.
Three ex-offlclals of Illinois Central ar
rested on graft charge. Page 1.
Secretary Knox charged with withholding
letter from American Em basse y st Mex
ico. Page 1. . .
Gaynor continues to Improve. Page 3.
"Cotton King" Sully.-John Hays Hammond
A Son. accused of defrauding inventor.
Page 3.
sports. t
Coast League scores: Portland 3. Oakland 2:
Vernon 1. San Francisco O; Los Angeles
4. Sacramento 1. Page 10.
Rain spoils championship tennis playing at
Newport. Page 10.
, PariHe Northwest.
"Pink Domino's" wife does not attend fu
neral at Lebanon. . Page 2.
Squatters In cascade Reserve charged with
setting flres for revenge. Page 1.
Governors outline West's demands and de
cide to present them at Conservation
Congress. " Page 1.
Boosters for proposed Nesmlth County plan
to see all voters in state. Page S.
Mystery surrounds shooting of Portland
man at Iconic Beach. Page 6.
Parker-Browne expedition returns with
proof Cook did not scale Mt- McKlnley.
Page 1.
DROPPING JOE.
STARTLE
CIRCLES
Ex-Illinois Officials
Held for Graft.
CONFESSIONS ARE SECURED
Frauds Said to Involve Loss to
Company of $5,000,000.
ACCUSED MEN PROMINENT
System of Graft Unearthed Makes
Political Crooked Work Pale to
Insignificance, Official of Rail
way Says Ball Secured.
CHICAGO. Aug". 19. (Special.) Toe
first blow In the $5,000,000 Illinois Cen
tral graft scandal has fallen, and three
officials of the road were landed In
Jail, although but for a few minutes.
It was, a- full confession from an ot
rldnl of the Blue Island Car & Equip
ment Company, declared to Involve not
only these, but numerous other or in
road's former officials, that finally re
ultAri in the. arrests.
The men arrested today were: Frank
B. Harriman, former general manager
fnr the Illinois Central, released on
bond of $40,000; John M. Taylor, former
reneral storekeeper at Burnsiae re
leased on bond of $40,000; Charles L.
Ewing. former general superintendent
of the Illinois Central lines north of
the Ohio River.
Charges Stoutly Denied.
In each case the prisoner was charged
with conspiracy to commit an illegal
act and obtaining money by means of
a confldenoe game. In each instance
the prisoner stoutly maintained his in-Ki-nn
and declared that if a con
spiracy existed it waa on the part
of the road to persecute mem.
warrants were sworn to by iresiaeni
Harahan of the railroad concerneo.
Rack of the interests these Is
tragic story of the "sweating" of an
nfflclafof the Blue Island Car Repair
& Equipment Company,. and finally of
a .confession that furnished wnai is
accepted as the clinching bit of evi
dence against the former road officials.
Although the identity of the man who
Vonfesaeri to the irregularities in tho
repair concern's transactions with the
road Is being Jealously guarded by the
lawyers who are prosecuting me case,
i, wo. found that he had lost all of tho
money he had made out of the transac
tions through poor Investments.
' Sweating Brings Results.
He being financially Irresponsible, It
is declared that the road refused in
nrnsecute him in the civil suits, but
ail of its energies in an effort
to wring' a confession from" him that
would convict the other ornciais wno
resigned under fire.
The result, it was declared tonight.
was a complete breakdown and con
fession. In his statement, which will
be used as the basis for the present
(Concluded on Page 2.)
ARRESTS
RAILROAD
PORTLAND STANDS
HIGH AMONG CITIES
CLEARINGS SHOW FOCRTH
HEAVIEST INCREASE.
While Seattle and Los Angeles Are
in Decrease Column, Oregon Me
tropolis Ranks High.
With an increase of $0.S per cent In
Its bank clearings for the week ending
Thursday evening, Portland again
takes front rank among the cities of
the oountry as indicating a prosperous
condition.
Only three cities Oakland. Atlanta
and Detroit, with respective percent
age Increases of 47.7, 34.3 and 33
showed gains greater than -Portland,
but this city has been in the lead for
so long that its bankers willingly
grant the others their temporary hon
ors. While Portland has persistently
shown a gain in its bank clearings.
other Coast towns have reported de
creases, notable among these being
Seattle and Los Angeles, with losses
of 7.5 and 3.7 per cent, respectively.
Spokane's increase was 6.7 per cent,
while that of Tacoma was 4.6. San
Francisco's increase was 6.5, Saora
mento 14.5, and Helena 13.9. Salt Lake
City's percentage of decrease was 25.1.
What makes Portlands record all
the more remarkable Is the fact that
there have. been no unusual conditions
here to cause the gradual Improvement
in financial circles. The growth is
healthy, substantial and Indicative of
the general prosperity of the commu
nity. The amount of the week's clear
ance was $9,921,000.
The aggregate clearance figures for
the country again show an encouraging
increase over last week, but the de
crease from the corresponding week
last year is! still considerable, being
over $700,000,000.
New York is again In the decrease
column with a loss of 34.3 per cent.
Both Chicago and Boston, which rank
next to New York as financial centers,
show losses of 4.1 and 7.8 per cent, re
spectively. Philadelphia remains on
the Increase side with a percentage of
3.2; St. Louis, Pittsburg. Kansas City
and Baltimore have the narrowest
kinds of gains, while the clearings of
Cincinnati and New Orleans show a
falling off.
With continued steady growth Port
land's clearings will soon reach the
comfortable sum of $10,000,000 per
week, which will cause it to outrank
Buffalo. Indianapolis, St Paul and
other cities acknowledged to be larger.
RANCH DEEDED IN FEAR
Blother of Ten Says Husband Com
pelled Signature With Rifle.
ROSEBURG. Or.'. Aug. 19. (Special.)
Alleging that her husband, Thomas
Hart, of Wilbur, held a loaded Win
chester rifle within two lnches)Of her
headand tnreatenea to am ner umesa
she signed a deed conveying the fam
ily ranch to a third person, Mrs. Het
tl.e Hart caused her husband's arrest
today. He will be arraigned tomorrow
morning on a charge of assault with a
dangerous weapon.
The Harts are prominent In Douglas
County, where they have resided for
many years. Mrs. Hart is a daughter
of David McKay, a merchant at Wil
bur, and Is related to Grant Dimick,
of Oregon City. She has ten children,
the eldest of whom Is 13 years old.
Mrs. Hart has gone to live with her
parents and says she will have noth
ing more to do with her husband.
UNION LEADER ARRESTED
Chauffeurs'. Organizer Charged
With Embezzlement of $500.
CHiqAGO, Aug. 19. (Special.) Edward
J. McGuirk, National organizer of the
Chauffeurs' Union, is under arrest at
Central Police Station, accused of em
bezzling $500 from E. . C. Handy, local
union nrsnnizer. In San Francisco, who
declares he gave McGuirk money out of
the organization's treasury In Ban iran
cisco when the accused man visited the
Coast city recently. .
The charges against McGulrK set iorm
that he went to San Francisco to perfect
an organization of the chauffeurs there
and that Handy provided him with $500
from the organization strongbox. It is
declared that McGuirk appropriated the
money to his own use.
TAX REDUCTION
DENIED
Commissioner
Arland Criticises
Statements In Newspapers.
MONTESANO, . Wash., Aug. 19. (Spe
cIal.)Owing to the absence of- County
Commissioner Willis Hopkins, the County
Board of Equalization took no action to
day regarding a sweeping reduction on
valuations of timber in ranges 7 and 8,
which move has been the object of in
quiry of the grand Jury the past two
days. The Board adjourned rejecting all
application for a reduction.
Commissioner Arland assailed the
newspapers this morning for statements
made concerning the attempted reduc
tion and branded the stories as untrue.
Other members of the Equalization Board
eay the stories are true.
SERMON LEADS TO CAPTURE
fon Breaks Jail, Preaches and
Identity Becomes Known.
THE DALLES, Or., Aug. 19. (Spe
cial.) Sheriff Chrlsman has recaptured
M. S. Taylor, one of the three men who
broke Jail a few nights ago. Taylor
is the young man who made himself
prominent in the work of the local
churches, and passed worthless checks
on the friends he had made there. He
was caught about 15 miles from town.
He preached at a church in that com
munity, which fact wag- reported In
town and led to bis recovery.
ANGRY SQUATTERS
BLAMED FOR FIRE
Incendiarism Charged
at Medford.
REVENGE GIVEN AS MOTIVE
Burning Forests Give Rise to
Call for 500 Men.
7 RANGERS THOUGHT LOST
Conflagration Around Mount Pitt,
Fanned to Roaring Furnace by
Wind, Entirely Beyond Con
trol Timber Is Very Dry
MEDFORD. Or., Aug. 19. Special.)
Belief has become fixed among. Medford
citizens and the crews of fire-lighters
that practically all of the flres which
have broken out in the big timber belt
west of Mount Pitt are of Incendiary
origin. This belief is based on the fact
that there have been no continued elec
trical storms by which the cause of the
fires could be fixed on lightning flashes,
and flres which started earlier in the
week are so far removed from the' con
flagrations which broke out yesterday
and during the preceding night.
Significance is given to the rumor by
reason of the well-known differences
between the officers of the Forest Serv
ice and the "squatters" on the Cascade
National forest, located in part along
the course of Big Butte Creek.
Suspicious Blazes Arise.
Two flres yesterday broke out in
township 34 south of range 2 east, the
land claimed by the squatting settlers,
and which the foresters are said to
have withheld from patent under the
claim tha it ffi not more valuable for
agricultural purposes than it is for
timber.
Most of the' squatters were in pos
session of the unsurveyed. lands in
1907, when that land was taken into
the reserve, and the foresters have thus
far been unable to eject them. The
feeling against the Forest Service is
said to be very bitter among the 75
or more squatter families residing
along the Big Butte.
The fact that a number of fires are
burning between the homes of the
squatters and the main range, and
which cannot be accounted for by the
presence of any cause for Are, has
awakened gravest suspicions.
Seven Rangers Hemmed In.
Seven rangers are hemmed In by the
fire and it is believed they will lose
their lives. The fire is wholly on the
Government reserve and the loss will
exceed 100,000,000 feet of timber.
.At noon today Chief Riinger W. C.
Neff, of the Crater forest reserve, ar
rived at Klamath Falls and at once en
deavored to secure 500 men and tools
and supplies for three or four weeks to
fight the Are. He also sent word to
Portland for soldiers to Aght the flames
and 500 troops will probably be sent
from the Medford side of the range.
Fire Appears at Intervals.
The path of the flames Is 18 miles,
and at noon today it was three miles
wide, but Mr. Neff thought that it
would be Ave miles before night. From
the appearances of the Aames the Ares
had evidently been started at intervals
of half a mile for the entire 18 miles,
giving evidence that the Are was set
by some one who had a grudge against
the forest rangers.
The Are has been burning for several
days and Is now beyond the .control of
the rangers, as a strong wind Is blow
ing and the timber Is very dry.
Should the line of Afe running east
from Cat Hill and Buck Lake form a
Junction with the fire on the Klamath
slde'of the Cascade range, there will
be a solid wall of Aames with a front
age of more than 40 miles. The flames
are traveling north.
Ashland's Water Supply Cut Off.
Aolilnnd'a water suDDly is threatened
by a forest fire which broke out this
afternoon at 3 o'clock. The fire is rag
ing at a point three miles above the
Intake and Guard Claude Dubois says
that the fire was beyond control and
that Company B, of the State MlHtla,
the Ashland company, has been ordered
out to fight the flames.
A heavy wind from the south blew up
the canyon this afternoon and fanned
the flames to a roaring fire, racing
through the treetops at the rate, at
times, of 30 miles an hour. Little hope
is entertained of checking the Are until
the wind dies down. Guard Dubois
was badly burned, being unable to get
out of the fire when a strong gust of
wind arose. He has been , 55 hours
without sleep.
Flames Leap Canyon.
So fierce was the fire that a wall of
flame hundreds of feet long leaped
across the canyon, which at this point
is several hundred feet wide. The fire
is in the treetops and in the dry con
dition of the woods it is leaping from
tree to tree and the whole countryside
is lighted up. '
There Is another Are further up the
canyon at Long's cabin. All comrreu
.nlcation between this fire and the City
of Ashland has been cut off as tha ra
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